The Climate Policy department of the DIW Berlin seeks a Postdoc (f/m/nonbinary) to pursue and lead innovative analysis on the performance of existing and the next generation of policy instruments and market design that can support the transition to climate neutrality in the industry or power sector. This may include, but is not limited to, questions relating to a new allocation of risk between public and private actors as well as between countries. What are the implications for design of policies and for the transition to climate neutrality with respect to distribution of costs and benefits, public acceptance, and financing costs?

Researchers in the department do not have any teaching obligations but are expected to contribute to the policy and transfer activities, including workshops and exchanges with stakeholders and policy makers and communication of insights in policy relevant time frames and formats. Voluntary teaching opportunities exist at all levels.

 Starting as soon as possible, DIW Berlin is looking for a Post-doctoral researcher (f/m/div) (Full-time at 39 hours per week, part-time possible).

The position will be part of the multi-disciplinary research project “Groups put at Particular Risk by COVID 19 (GaPRisk),” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), which brings together economists, epidemiologists, public health researcher, sociologists and psychologists from four institutions: DIW/SOEP, University of Bielefeld, Robert Koch Institute and Freie Universität Berlin: https://www.gap-risk.de

The aim of the project is to examine how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic affects distinct social and at-risk groups in Germany, what the consequences of the pandemic are for societal inequalities, and what role welfare state measures play. The interdisciplinary project team will apply descriptive and causal statistical methods and use a unique integrated dataset, comprising the SOEP, SOEP-CoV (a survey of a subsample of the SOEP during the pandemic lockdowns), and blood and saliva tests from SOEP respondents (in collaboration with the Robert Koch Institute).

Last year's annual report provides again a compact and clear insight into all the SOEP's activities on topics such as forced migration, wealth, new samples, pension data, and mental health as well as on the fieldwork carried out by infas.

The report is available online free of charge. We would also be happy to send you a hard copy on request.